If i couldn't get to Charlton as a kid I used to find this round ball thingy and kick it around a park or fields emulating my hero's , with some mates, randoms whoever, crazy idea
Fields?? You must have lived in the sticks then. On Saturdays the school playgrounds were locked up so playing football meant a trek to Blackheath, Charlton Park or Greenwich Park and nobody ever fancied doing that.
Really. We also had both parts of Plumstead Common, one with the adventure playground which was pretty new when I was a kid, Winn Common, Shrewsbury Park, Bostall woods, Oxleas, Charlton and Maryon Wilson parks. Loads to do with just the green spaces, rather than trekking up to the Old Kent Road to make yourself feel dirty 🤷🏻♂️
I grew up in SE3 so like I said, we rarely fancied the (walking) trek to the local parks let alone the bus (busses) trek to the green space places you had local(ish) to you.
Sutcliffe park , Greenwich park , Blackheath common all much nearer than the Den from SE3
I’d jump on two buses from Mottingham to get to those places early eighties wasn’t a big deal
Had this conversation on here lots. Some do, some don’t. The majority do though I would say. You might hear or see Millwall fans saying they don’t care for Charlton but they won’t be speaking for all of us.
Anyone who says they don't care is lying. Probably the games that both sets of fans looked for first when the fixtures were released and i'd guess that both games will probably be the quickest sell outs of away allocations all season. I think you lot sold it out before the season had even started.
For the vast majority I agree. And that’s why tickets sell out rapid. But not for everyone. Some I know couldn’t give a toss about palace and Charlton. For them it’s only West Ham and palace and Charlton is just another London derby. I don’t get that mentality myself. And as I say, those types are in a minority.
For me personally it was definitely the first fixture I looked for and I’ve been buzzing for the game all week.
Charlton millwall more of an everton liverpool neighbourly rivalry …
That's how I'd always seen it growing up....was too young to witness the terrace violence/ firms etc so perhaps had a different view to older fans but never had any issue with millwall growing up and didn't see it as a big rivalry even at the 4 -1 pre season friendly i went to with a millwall season.
Has seemed a lot more of a rivlary/ more important local Derby since as we've played each other more regularly and we've been utterly dismal.
Long may it continue as the day football is like rugby with rival fans sitting side by side during matches will be the death of it for me. Stabbing each other over football is too far. Some sort of happy medium would be desirable.
Good post and spot on, especially the last paragraph.
Do you think it’s become a bigger rivalry because of the unbeaten run? I mean, it must really get under your lots skin, and we love taking the piss, so it’s really simmered.
All good runs come to an end (unless we're talking about Huddersfield) and when we win on Saturday the misery of the last few decades (f*ck me it does hurt to say it!) will be expunged. You are only as good as your last result!
P.S. I pray to whatever Gods there may be that this comment doesn't come back to bite me on the arse at around 2.20pm on Saturday!
And if we can draw a similarity to 95/96 - Millwall were above us when we beat them in the snow (although not playing well, a bit like now) in December and we virtually sealed their relegation in the Spring - whatever month that was. If we're discounting the 4-1 friendly win in 2007, and if there is a pattern to this curse, Millwall are due to go into a tailspin and we can put a lid back on them like we did for a decade after the 96 win. Simple.
Whatever month it was??? We dropped in to the relegation zone in the last 15 minutes off the season ffs 😫
oh, and sorry to burst your bubble but the same scenario is very unlikely. Whatever the result this Saturday is, we’re in much better hands this time 😉
Rattled your cage though didn't he
Any mention of our relegation in 95/96 will rattle my cage. We was top in December ffs. Did I mention, we dropped in to the relegation zone in the last 15 minutes of the season? 😞 (still haven’t gotten over it)
Didnt Mick McCarthy leave for the Ireland job halfway through the season? Was that the cause of the freefall?
Had this conversation on here lots. Some do, some don’t. The majority do though I would say. You might hear or see Millwall fans saying they don’t care for Charlton but they won’t be speaking for all of us.
Anyone who says they don't care is lying. Probably the games that both sets of fans looked for first when the fixtures were released and i'd guess that both games will probably be the quickest sell outs of away allocations all season. I think you lot sold it out before the season had even started.
For the vast majority I agree. And that’s why tickets sell out rapid. But not for everyone. Some I know couldn’t give a toss about palace and Charlton. For them it’s only West Ham and palace and Charlton is just another London derby. I don’t get that mentality myself. And as I say, those types are in a minority.
For me personally it was definitely the first fixture I looked for and I’ve been buzzing for the game all week.
Charlton millwall more of an everton liverpool neighbourly rivalry …
That's how I'd always seen it growing up....was too young to witness the terrace violence/ firms etc so perhaps had a different view to older fans but never had any issue with millwall growing up and didn't see it as a big rivalry even at the 4 -1 pre season friendly i went to with a millwall season.
Has seemed a lot more of a rivlary/ more important local Derby since as we've played each other more regularly and we've been utterly dismal.
Long may it continue as the day football is like rugby with rival fans sitting side by side during matches will be the death of it for me. Stabbing each other over football is too far. Some sort of happy medium would be desirable.
Good post and spot on, especially the last paragraph.
Do you think it’s become a bigger rivalry because of the unbeaten run? I mean, it must really get under your lots skin, and we love taking the piss, so it’s really simmered.
All good runs come to an end (unless we're talking about Huddersfield) and when we win on Saturday the misery of the last few decades (f*ck me it does hurt to say it!) will be expunged. You are only as good as your last result!
P.S. I pray to whatever Gods there may be that this comment doesn't come back to bite me on the arse at around 2.20pm on Saturday!
And if we can draw a similarity to 95/96 - Millwall were above us when we beat them in the snow (although not playing well, a bit like now) in December and we virtually sealed their relegation in the Spring - whatever month that was. If we're discounting the 4-1 friendly win in 2007, and if there is a pattern to this curse, Millwall are due to go into a tailspin and we can put a lid back on them like we did for a decade after the 96 win. Simple.
Whatever month it was??? We dropped in to the relegation zone in the last 15 minutes off the season ffs 😫
oh, and sorry to burst your bubble but the same scenario is very unlikely. Whatever the result this Saturday is, we’re in much better hands this time 😉
Rattled your cage though didn't he
Any mention of our relegation in 95/96 will rattle my cage. We was top in December ffs. Did I mention, we dropped in to the relegation zone in the last 15 minutes of the season? 😞 (still haven’t gotten over it)
Didnt Mick McCarthy leave for the Ireland job halfway through the season? Was that the cause of the freefall?
If i couldn't get to Charlton as a kid I used to find this round ball thingy and kick it around a park or fields emulating my hero's , with some mates, randoms whoever, crazy idea
Fields?? You must have lived in the sticks then. On Saturdays the school playgrounds were locked up so playing football meant a trek to Blackheath, Charlton Park or Greenwich Park and nobody ever fancied doing that.
Really. We also had both parts of Plumstead Common, one with the adventure playground which was pretty new when I was a kid, Winn Common, Shrewsbury Park, Bostall woods, Oxleas, Charlton and Maryon Wilson parks. Loads to do with just the green spaces, rather than trekking up to the Old Kent Road to make yourself feel dirty 🤷🏻♂️
I grew up in SE3 so like I said, we rarely fancied the (walking) trek to the local parks let alone the bus (busses) trek to the green space places you had local(ish) to you.
Sutcliffe park , Greenwich park , Blackheath common all much nearer than the Den from SE3
I’d jump on two buses from Mottingham to get to those places early eighties wasn’t a big deal
Spent most of my childhood in those places , used to walk there from kidbrooke and back home again . Buses , couldnt afford them .
If i couldn't get to Charlton as a kid I used to find this round ball thingy and kick it around a park or fields emulating my hero's , with some mates, randoms whoever, crazy idea
Fields?? You must have lived in the sticks then. On Saturdays the school playgrounds were locked up so playing football meant a trek to Blackheath, Charlton Park or Greenwich Park and nobody ever fancied doing that.
Really. We also had both parts of Plumstead Common, one with the adventure playground which was pretty new when I was a kid, Winn Common, Shrewsbury Park, Bostall woods, Oxleas, Charlton and Maryon Wilson parks. Loads to do with just the green spaces, rather than trekking up to the Old Kent Road to make yourself feel dirty 🤷🏻♂️
I grew up in SE3 so like I said, we rarely fancied the (walking) trek to the local parks let alone the bus (busses) trek to the green space places you had local(ish) to you.
Sutcliffe park , Greenwich park , Blackheath common all much nearer than the Den from SE3
I’d jump on two buses from Mottingham to get to those places early eighties wasn’t a big deal
Had this conversation on here lots. Some do, some don’t. The majority do though I would say. You might hear or see Millwall fans saying they don’t care for Charlton but they won’t be speaking for all of us.
Anyone who says they don't care is lying. Probably the games that both sets of fans looked for first when the fixtures were released and i'd guess that both games will probably be the quickest sell outs of away allocations all season. I think you lot sold it out before the season had even started.
For the vast majority I agree. And that’s why tickets sell out rapid. But not for everyone. Some I know couldn’t give a toss about palace and Charlton. For them it’s only West Ham and palace and Charlton is just another London derby. I don’t get that mentality myself. And as I say, those types are in a minority.
For me personally it was definitely the first fixture I looked for and I’ve been buzzing for the game all week.
Charlton millwall more of an everton liverpool neighbourly rivalry …
That's how I'd always seen it growing up....was too young to witness the terrace violence/ firms etc so perhaps had a different view to older fans but never had any issue with millwall growing up and didn't see it as a big rivalry even at the 4 -1 pre season friendly i went to with a millwall season.
Has seemed a lot more of a rivlary/ more important local Derby since as we've played each other more regularly and we've been utterly dismal.
Long may it continue as the day football is like rugby with rival fans sitting side by side during matches will be the death of it for me. Stabbing each other over football is too far. Some sort of happy medium would be desirable.
Good post and spot on, especially the last paragraph.
Do you think it’s become a bigger rivalry because of the unbeaten run? I mean, it must really get under your lots skin, and we love taking the piss, so it’s really simmered.
All good runs come to an end (unless we're talking about Huddersfield) and when we win on Saturday the misery of the last few decades (f*ck me it does hurt to say it!) will be expunged. You are only as good as your last result!
P.S. I pray to whatever Gods there may be that this comment doesn't come back to bite me on the arse at around 2.20pm on Saturday!
And if we can draw a similarity to 95/96 - Millwall were above us when we beat them in the snow (although not playing well, a bit like now) in December and we virtually sealed their relegation in the Spring - whatever month that was. If we're discounting the 4-1 friendly win in 2007, and if there is a pattern to this curse, Millwall are due to go into a tailspin and we can put a lid back on them like we did for a decade after the 96 win. Simple.
Whatever month it was??? We dropped in to the relegation zone in the last 15 minutes off the season ffs 😫
oh, and sorry to burst your bubble but the same scenario is very unlikely. Whatever the result this Saturday is, we’re in much better hands this time 😉
Rattled your cage though didn't he
Any mention of our relegation in 95/96 will rattle my cage. We was top in December ffs. Did I mention, we dropped in to the relegation zone in the last 15 minutes of the season? 😞 (still haven’t gotten over it)
Didnt Mick McCarthy leave for the Ireland job halfway through the season? Was that the cause of the freefall?
Pretty much yes
He’s got a podcast with Tony Pulis now. One to bring up for the listeners
So this season marks 30 years since our double and last wins 😂
30 years of hurt, let’s see Baddiel and Skinner fancy putting something together for us
As I said, you must have lived out in the sticks 😂
of course the irony of it is that these days probably most people who live in and around the joined up parts of the TFL network tend to walk more than those that don’t, but that’s a discussion for another thread as we waste away this one whilst waiting for something ticket related to talk about
4,000 Millwall walk-ups on Saturday. What could possibly go wrong?
To be fair, if this was the other way around we'd have people on here spitting their dummies out demanding more tickets if whole blocks are empty.
What's the view from the other side @MillwallFan ? (well, amongst those of you that have had their allotted hour of internet access this week AND can read, which I appreciate is probably not very many!)
2k seats left minimum, presumably we can’t get to capacity anymore!
Would have been a great chance
But to who? Most fans will have already decided if they’re going or not, anyone who hasn’t been recently/is a new fan isn’t on the database so can’t buy. They’re slightly hamstrung by circumstance here
2k seats left minimum, presumably we can’t get to capacity anymore!
Would have been a great chance
But to who? Most fans will have already decided if they’re going or not, anyone who hasn’t been recently/is a new fan isn’t on the database so can’t buy. They’re slightly hamstrung by circumstance here
True, had forgotten the database limitations!
You’d hope that many of the crowd at the Play Off Home Games, or even the Wrexham game, would take advantage and therefore also on the database - but appreciate its unlikely!
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I’d jump on two buses from Mottingham to get to those places early eighties wasn’t a big deal
So this season marks 30 years since our double and last wins 😂
30 years of hurt, let’s see Baddiel and Skinner fancy putting something together for us
of course the irony of it is that these days probably most people who live in and around the joined up parts of the TFL network tend to walk more than those that don’t, but that’s a discussion for another thread as we waste away this one whilst waiting for something ticket related to talk about
https://www.charltonafc.com/news/saturdays-attendance-passes-23000
4,000 Millwall walk-ups on Saturday. What could possibly go wrong?
What's the view from the other side @MillwallFan ? (well, amongst those of you that have had their allotted hour of internet access this week AND can read, which I appreciate is probably not very many!)